First-person Narrative and Cub Pilot Story
1. What roles do the adults or older figures play in the lives of the various narrators? Select a figure from each of the four memoirs and write one sentence answering the question for each memoir.
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In “A CUB PILOT” story for “Mark Twain” writer the older figure called Mr. Bixby and he said “you shouldn’t have allowed me or anybody else to shake your confidence in that knowledge.
In “BARRIO BOY” story for “Ernesto Galarza” writer the older figure called Miss. Hopley and she said “it was easy for me to feel that becoming proud American, as she said we should did not mean feeling a shamed of being a Mexican”
In “No Gumption” story for “Russel Baker” writer the older figure is the mother even though she didn’t believed him, she loved him and helped him to be a writer.
In “I know why the caged bird sings” for “Maya Angelou” the older figure is Mrs. Flowers and she said “Words mean more than what is set down on paper”.
2. All of the memoirs in this unit are told from the first-person point of view. Why is it important that they are told in the first person? How would they be different if they were told from a different point of view? Imagine one of the memoirs you read told from a different point of view, and use that example to explain both the benefits of telling the story in the first person and how it would be different if told from another point of view.
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3. Select one of the memoirs from this unit and explain its theme. Support your answer with at least one example from the story that illustrates the theme.
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4. Which narrator do you think faces the most significant conflict? What is the conflict that the narrator faces? Is it resolved satisfactorily? Why or why not? Use details from the story to support your answer.
Answer:
In “A CUB PILOT” story for “Mark Twain” writer the older figure called Mr. Bixby and he said “you shouldn’t have allowed me or anybody else to shake your confidence in that knowledge.
In “BARRIO BOY” story for “Ernesto Galarza” writer the older figure called Miss. Hopley and she said “it was easy for me to feel that becoming proud American, as she said we should did not mean feeling a shamed of being a Mexican”
In “No Gumption” story for “Russel Baker” writer the older figure is the mother even though she didn’t believed him, she loved him and helped him to be a writer.
In “I know why the caged bird sings” for “Maya Angelou” the older figure is Mrs. Flowers and she said “Words mean more than what is set down on paper”.
2. All of the memoirs in this unit are told from the first-person point of view. Why is it important that they are told in the first person? How would they be different if they were told from a different point of view? Imagine one of the memoirs you read told from a different point of view, and use that example to explain both the benefits of telling the story in the first person and how it would be different if told from another point of view.
Answer:
(15 points)
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3. Select one of the memoirs from this unit and explain its theme. Support your answer with at least one example from the story that illustrates the theme.
Answer:
(15 points)
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4. Which narrator do you think faces the most significant conflict? What is the conflict that the narrator faces? Is it resolved satisfactorily? Why or why not? Use details from the story to support your answer.